山东省城市协调发展的实证研究

山东省城市协调发展,必须巩固全省经济发展的龙头城市地位,带动其他城市共同发展;提供政策帮助;大力发展西部城市;加快城市基础设施建设,提高居民生活质量。     

西部大开发 立法要先行

西部大开发不仅需要国家政策的引导和支持,而且需要法律提供强有力的保障.西部大开发,立法需先行,其主要内容应包括西部开发的地位、资金筹集、人才资源开发、产业结构调整、可持续发展与环境保护等几个重要方面.     

中国发展涉外信托存在的结构性问题及其评析——以辽宁省涉外信托业发展现状为视野

涉外信托业的发展已成为一个地区市场经济发达的重要标志。随着国际经济活动日益频繁的发生,许多与辽宁省相关的涉外活动可能同时受数个不同国家法律法规共同调整。在这些国际活动中,作为英美法系国家的信托制度也不可避免地在辽宁省加以运用,与涉外信托相关的争议也会日益增多。辽宁省在发展涉外信托业务中存在诸多结构性问题,主要表现在涉外信托立法的不健全、社会信用制度的缺失、信托受托人责任界定不清以及涉外信托业务的不规范性等。有效解决涉外信托在上述领域存在的瓶颈问题,有利于辽宁省涉外信托业务的持续发展。     

理念与经验:中国与北美社区建设之比较

中国与北美虽然对社区的定义存在基本融通之处,但隐在社区概念背后的思维方式存在重大差别,导致社区建设的实践理念也出现明显差异。从国内关注的社区体制、社区服务、社区组织、社区文化等4个方面比较,两地社区建设在经验上已经各有短长,并不能轻易做优劣之分,这与两地的传统、文化、体制以及发展阶段都有关系。但从现代化的普遍规律看,北美社区贯穿的社会化特色与中国社区贯穿的行政化特色相比,的确可启发我们在社区建设的理念上增强社会化关怀、行动上推崇人性化服务、建制上提升居民的组织化能力、模式上探索特色性框架。中国特色的方向在于整合行政化的遗产与社会化的趋向,而其前提是向社会赋权并且有效地加以保障。     

国外微量物证检验研究进展

本文根据近年来国外法庭微量物证检验方面的研究成果,从检验对象、检验技术及发展趋势三个方面总结了当前国外微量物证的研究现状。介绍了近年来国外法庭科学家在常见的微量物证如油漆、纤维、玻璃等的检测方法和检测技术,尤其重点介绍了一些新技术如电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱技术(ICP/AES)、微波辅助消融和等离子光谱技术(OES/ICP)、激光等离子质谱联用技术(LA/ICP/MS)等在微量物证中的应用。指出国外微量物证研究相对于国内微量物证研究在技术应用、数据库建立、数据分析、合作研究等方面的优越性。     

Older people’s conceptualisation of poverty and their experiences of government programmes in Uganda

This article explores older people’s understandings of poverty and analyses their experience of government policies for fighting poverty. It employed qualitative methods, including focus group discussions and key informant interviews. A total of 120 older people in two districts in Uganda participated in the study. Based on thematic analysis and observation of non-verbal communication, older people’s perspectives on poverty included a wide range of deprivations in their household. Findings reveal that there is a lack of legislation support and effective information for old people to demand accountability or influence policy strategies to address poverty. Despite the difficult living conditions of older people in poverty, the majority live independent lives, are self-reliant and use a variety of strategies to address poverty. Therefore, there is a need for scrutiny to ensure that poverty alleviation support reaches those who need it most.     

Water tariff conflict resolution through indigenous participation in tri-water sector partnerships: Dalun cluster communities in northern Ghana

The paper examines how the perceived ownership of a water resource negatively influenced local people's attitudes towards payment of potable water tariffs and exacerbated conflicts between water users and service providers in the Dalun community of the northern region of Ghana. The paper presents a case study of how community participation and endogenous approaches to conflict resolution contributed to payment of water tariffs. The findings show that the establishment of a tri-water sector partnership (TWSP), consisting of the Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL), private sector development practitioners, and community water boards, led to positive mediation of water tariff conflicts using the institution of chieftaincy. Alternative, endogenous conflict resolution methods combined with modern methods in a tripartite partnership showed promise as an approach to managing conflicts in water projects and in broader poverty reduction efforts.     

Indigenous languages and Africa's development dilemma

Most African states like The Gambia use European languages for state activities and formal education. Africa has been a global pilot site for “transplanted” development initiatives with apparently consistent outcomes: failure, medium triumph, or unsustainable “success stories”. Its natural resources have been fully exploited, perhaps at the expense of resources like mother-tongue languages. Sidelining mother-tongue languages as the medium for the translation of the voice of the state, explains the gap in cultural relevance of many borrowed development initiatives, but also the neglect of workable endogenous practices. Africa must look inwards and exploit its indigenous language assets to benefit sustained development.     

Coordinating post-disaster humanitarian response: lessons from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake,India

This article is based on a field study carried out in Indian-administered Kashmir after the 2005 earthquake. In this analysis of how non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs) engage and coordinate with one another and with other disaster response agencies during post-disaster relief and rehabilitation operations, it can be concluded that NGDO coordination was ineffective. The research points out that, even though there is coordination among the international and national NGDOs, local NGDOs are seldom engaged in the overall coordination processes. The paper advocates developing coordination among the humanitarian agencies as a pre-disaster initiative for a more effective collaborative humanitarian disaster response.     

论联合国可持续发展机构改革的国际法问题——以RIO＋20议程为视角

2012年联合国可持续发展大会确立的RIO＋20议程对国际可持续发展的机构改革问题作出了重大调整。虽历经20年的积累,与可持续发展有关的国际法规范松散而总体缺乏约束力。RIO＋20后联合国创设了可持续发展高级别政治论坛以取代可持续发展委员会,但未来联合国可持续发展机构改革的方向仍需以环境议题为主,探索不同形式和不同重点的组织模式,以促进国际可持续发展目标的实现。